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Netflix Gains High-Quality Audio
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In need of a proper home theater setup. Homepods were never designed with that use case in mind, even though at least a few people here shoehorned them into that application.
There are also studies saying people can hear the difference:
https://www.audiostream.com/content/its-official-people-can-hear-high-res
I have heard from a lot of people that they can hear the difference. Ears are different, and it would not surprise me if some people are super sensitive to quality sound. I hope that as higher quality sound and equipment becomes available for the mass market that people will have the opportunity to see what they have been missing.
Although a big improvement, remember that that 640-768 kbps is divided among multiple channels. Compare with the 1.5 Mbps soundtrack on a DTS-MA blu-ray.
With the proper equipment and provenance a great high-res recording will put you right in the middle of the instruments, unless your hearing is significantly impaired. I hope you get that opportunity some day.
They sure as hell sound better than the soundbars that Wallyworld and Worstbuy are hawking.
Yeah probably. But a real receiver with 5.1, 7.2.2, or anything in between is the best option and is primarily who this bitrate increase is going to benefit.
I read an article somewhere (can't remember where) recently that said the streaming bandwidth for HBO is higher when you're streaming it after subscribing through Amazon, vs the HBO Now or HBO Go apps. I'd be interested to hear more if this is true!
Pretty excited about this. There needs to be a close to disc audio for streaming services on some platform. Just finished my 5.2.4 setup and I already noticed a huge difference from blu rays to any streaming service. It’s not even in the same ballpark of quality.
Even my friend that’s not into all the details as I am says he’ll now buy discs just for the audio quality difference( he just finished his first 5.1 setup).
I think it’s much harder to tell the difference with video as it is audio. Audio comes to life if you use a physical disc.
How much of a difference is this going to make with Netflix?
Even my friend that’s not into all the details as I am says he’ll now buy discs just for the audio quality difference( he just finished his first 5.1 setup).
I think it’s much harder to tell the difference with video as it is audio. Audio comes to life if you use a physical disc.
How much of a difference is this going to make with Netflix?
Now if only they gave the option to use the 2-Channel audio track by default for those without a 5.1 system. Yes, the 5.1 still works but it is much quieter.
It's not something you turn on. If your streaming device is atmos capable as is your receive it will detect and send it. You do have to have the Netflix 4k plan though.
And it's not new, Netflix has had atmos for quite awhile.
Atmos is going from 448 kbps to 768 kbps. Says right there in the article.
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No it won’t.
The announcement is just because they are increasing the audio bitrate, not because they're adding atmos.
You need the 4k plan to get atmos. I believe you said you already had this. ATV4k plugged in to your receiver? Audio settings correct?
Gotcha. I use Roku Ultra and a Samsung sound system with Atmos (kicks butt). And I pay for premium.
But now that I did some googling, I see that for some reason, Netflix doesn’t have the Ultra ad an Atmos approved device. Well, that just blows!
It's a bump in maximum-allowed bitrate across the board. Atmos-capable devices (Xbox One S/X, AppleTV 4K, etc,) get a higher bitrate as part of the Atmos support, just as before. I'm just amazed that their previous Atmos implementation was less than 768 kbps!
I'm not sure the roku ultra supports atmos? Or if your Samsung sound system does either? Is that a receiver that you plug your roku in to?
They both support Atmos, but for some reason, Netflix doesn’t support Atmos on the Ultra. Sounds great with others (and 4K blu).
For certain pieces of content you can hear the differences between lossless and lossy, but you really have to work at it. It shows up at the edges of a given sound and it sounds like fuzziness, which is why you need better equipment to hear it; at some point the fuzziness is due to your equipment, not the signal.
Eye of the beholder my friend. I can find a ton to watch on netflix with atmos.